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Friday, March 10, 2017

Quilters Laundry Day Blog Hop

Janice @ Color, Creating, and Quilting and Jen @ A Dream and a Stitch are hosting a blog hop today and tomorrow, showcasing Jenn's pattern Quilters Laundry Day, which you can download here.Because the pattern is a house block, I decided to deviate a little bit from the blog hop. (I'm hoping the hosts will forgive me since it's for a good cause.) You may have heard in the news back in January that a gunman made an attack on a Quebec City (Canada) mosque. The Montreal Modern Quilt Guild put out a call for house blocks to make quilts for each of the families of the victims. You can read about it here.So my block is not quilted, and I downsized it to 12.5 inches.

I had a little trouble modifying the size of the block (rushing does not pay), so instead of "making" a quilt block to hang on the clothesline, I used a fabric that reminded me of a quilt.

I also had another house block from an improv workshop I took, and both blocks are now on their way to Montreal to be sewn into a quilt.

There are many bloggers playing along with the blog hop. I encourage you to go and visit. And if you have time, consider sending a block to the Montreal Modern Quilt Guild.

What a great idea to contribute your block to that wonderful cause. I am all about quilts bringing comfort to those who need it. I like the fabric you chose to represent your quilt! very pretty. Thanks for joining us!

You are a deviant in the best way!! I know MMQG will appreciate your blocks. And you've also given us another neat idea for the mini mini quilt--that fabric piece is unmistakably a quilt hanging on the line.

Good job, Anja, and nice work. I'm glad it turned out well in the end. Your words really made me smile because I was hustling to make mine, and everything that could go wrong did--mostly because I wasn't reading word for word and just filling in details I imagined.

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